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Don,

Thank you for the info. Yes all of that I have already read and I understand. I'm not just asking about my specific piece but more in general terms, as I like to see the "Big Picture" first.

My Luger does not have the additional 1920 Stamp so it never went back into military service after WWI. Makes sense as it went to police service shown by the police stamps.

So you are saying it would have been put into police service soon after WWI and at that point received the police marks? And then later they would have been "recalled" to have the safetys installed?

OK, if that is the case then what about my other questions?

3. Would the gun have the sear safety installed and then have the barrel/extension reblued at the same time? Why was the rebluing neccessary? Would they then possibly rebuild the pistols with mismatching barrel/extension to the rest of the gun?

4. If these guns where recalled from police forces and already had the police markings, how did they insure they got back to the same police force after the refit?

This then begs another question:

5. What arms did the police forces use during the time when their weapons had been recalled for the refit?

I guess I really haven't found much info on the how, what, and why of the safety recall and refit. Is there any info on that part of history that I can be told or directed too on the internet?

Again any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!